Destroyer – Trembling Peacock (Ukulele)

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From "This Night" I don't have the actual recording with me, but this is based on a live version. It should be about the same. He seems to play pretty true live.
D       D/C#      D/B      D/A      G       Em         A
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D                     D/C#
Relax, trembling peacock... 

   D/B                    D/A
No, I wasn't born to rock... 

           G                D
Oh, I was just plain born... 

   G                        D
And then I kind of grew and then, well... 

Em                                                     A
Vancouver made me, I guess it's true... 

D                                    D/C#
Sired to the House of Lords 

D/B                                           D/A
(these days they call them 'Co-Op Boards'), 

G                                D
and now it's in my royal blood 

G                                     D
to vote and vote and vote and vote 

G                                      D
on things that never change... 

           Em                                            A
Gods give and gods give our gifts away...
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D                                      D/C#
Settle down, trembling peacock... 

D/B                                 D/A
No, I wasn't sent to rock you... 

G                              D
Oh, I just kind of came... 

G                  D
And then I withdrew and then, well... 

Em                                                 A
I guess the rest of you already knew... 

D                                   D/C#
Sired to the House of Lords

D/B                                       D/A
on the day they declared it bankrupt and 

G                                                        D           G                     D
now conquered lands pay tribute to the shifts of your skirt, 

 G                                   D 
children at play get hurt, 

                                        Em
and wars are won from a foxhole...
Interlude with solo (again) And! intermittent babababababa's
D                               D/C#                D/B                   D/A
The inner world of a dove is complex, I'm telling you... 

G                             D
Lovers of the air, beware... 

D                             D/C#
But for us it's real simple... 

D/B  D/A      G                       D
Look - shot through with arrows, 

G                               D
a chest full of sparrows, 

G                                                  D
gonna show you the way to my heart...